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Foundation trust transition reaches halfway mark
The transition of acute and mental health trusts to foundation status passed the halfway mark this week.
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Patricia Hewitt warns of 'difficult decisions' for PCTs
The NHS faces 'difficult decisions' in coming years as it adjusts to smaller - and possibly negative - funding growth, former health secretary Patricia Hewitt has warned.
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NHS integrated care pilots to be test bed for 'risky' ideas
Integrated care pilots will be given the chance to shape Department of Health policy up to and including tariff reform, the primary care czar has revealed.Speaking as the DH revealed the 36 organisations shortlisted for the scheme, national clinical director for primary care David Colin-Thomé said the organisations making the ...
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Consultation on expensive NHS phone numbers
A 14-week public consultation has been launched on more expensive phone numbers being used by NHS organisations.
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National uniform launched for NHS Scotland
A national uniform and dress code that will see the end of the white coat is being introduced for all NHS staff in Scotland.
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London hospital redesign row heats up
A London reconfiguration dispute has escalated after a borough council was granted a judicial review of the plan.
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Retired NHS workers may face pension cuts
Some NHS pensioners may face cuts in their pensions from April after it was discovered some people receiving public sector pensions might have been paid up to twice as much as they should have been.The error occurred when guaranteed minimum pensions were not taken into account when annual pension increases ...
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Fraud team urges check-ups on Christmas temporary staff
Trusts are being urged to ensure employment agencies carry out proper staff checks as they increase temporary cover over Christmas.
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Alan Johnson hails ‘major progress’ to 18 weeks and MRSA targets
The Department of Health has published its first report on progress against its 2007 public service agreement and departmental strategic objectives.
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Monitor tightens private patient income rules
Monitor has ruled that income from foundation trusts’ joint ventures and associate ventures will count towards their private patient income cap.However, the regulator has also recommended that the government changes the legislation on the cap on the proportion of income foundations can earn from private patients.
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Trusts urged to continue employment checks over Christmas
NHS trusts are being urged to ensure employment agencies are carrying out proper staff checks as they increase temporary cover over Christmas.
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Unite calls for more school nurses to fight child obesity
Trade union Unite is calling for the government to double the number of school nurses in the light of child obesity figures.
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Scotland may lift NHS top-up ban
Scotland is proposing to lift the ban on NHS patients topping up their care if they wish to pay privately for part of their treatment.
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Alan Johnson announces review of NHS dentistry
An independent review is to be conducted into NHS dentistry, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.The review comes amid reports of patchy access to dentistry in some parts of the country and declining rates of complex treatments.
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Child safety is a double whammy for NHS managers
The death of Baby P has been a stark wake-up call for trusts - both in terms of whether children in their care are safe and whether staff on the front line are properly supported. Charlotte Santry reports
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PCTs struggle to cope with cost of increased referrals
Primary care trusts are struggling to cope with the financial fallout of increased referrals, with some now expecting the extra costs to drive them into deficit.
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Healthcare Commission warns NHS has some way to go on patient safety
NHS boards are devolving vital decisions on safety and failing to report serious incidents such as radiation overdoses, preliminary Healthcare Commission findings have revealed.
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London PCTs pin hopes on debt plan to avert mergers
London's primary care trusts are hoping a high profile bailout of the capital's historic debt will demonstrate they can work together - and avert the threat of mergers.
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NHS could be £13bn short in five years
There could be a £13bn gap between what the NHS has been assessed as needing and what it will get by 2013, the executive chair of the foundation trust regulator Monitor has warned.
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NHS constitution is a finance firewall, say advisers
The NHS constitution will force the government to invest in services and act as a protective 'firewall' against budget squeezes, advisers have predicted.